The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-02 00:00:00

PRICLii OF FTOCKS THIS DAY AT .)Ni O'CLOCK. tank Stock --1 India Stock shut 3 per Coot Red. 9w4 % i Ditto Bondi 1 4 lin 3 per Cent Cons. ......... shut: South .`'ea Stock — 31; per Cent........... .............. —lold Annnities Ditto Red 1)0 % 3 4 i New Ditto .••••• New tN per Cent ... . . Now 3 perCt --i Exch. Bills, nt l4 16 pm. .i.: 1 , 1 ' 00 ......... le Bank Long Annuities to exp i re I Ditto 5(Xi ...... ... 14 ' pm, Jan .5 ISM Oct ICI ' , 16.50 16 5..161 Ditto Small .................. 11 16 ran. -- Ditto Commercial... — Pm. Jan. 5, Vile a............ —— Pm Jan. 8, v ,,, ,, , 0 ...... .... ........... !Bank Stock for Account -- 1 Ditto Advertised April 5, India Stock for Acc0unt......... lftS(l.. .......... ......... Jan. 5, 1870. ........ _ Consols for Acconnt 9 2!4%34 ' Umnium 4 1 4 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — t Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds — I Ditto Account .... ......... ..... e Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds SPA 4! Ditto Account — Ditto Account —; Ditto New Bonds .844% Buenos Ayres Bonds ... ...... ... —I Ditto Account 84.4 3 Ditto Account — Ditto, 3 per cent. 'Ail's% Chilli - in Bonds 45% , 'Prussian Bonds Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822 — ColunaVan Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account ....... ........... Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, :&21 .321 i% Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account — Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account ' ol ,4?Eilili Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —4'. —c Ditto Bonds, 1525 — 4 per cent —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent..., Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account Dutch, 24 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 5 percent 102 S 2 % Neapolitan Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. 15 9 4 IA General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Co., Register( Ditto Unregistered Brighton (Gibb e) P‘ailway .„-- London and Weslminstor Bank , Provincial Bank of Ireland I GO/. lOs. Gd. 1 ......... ..••"•• 15 25 COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam • C.F 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 7Y,, Antwerp l2 7 Homburg M.B. 13 1 , 1;4 Altana l3 14% Faris, 3 days' slight 25 75 Bordeaux . Frankfort OH Main; Ex. M. 153 Petenibuigh, rub1e......3 Us lO 0 Berlin Vienna, effective II 2 M. In II Trieste ditto lO 12 Madrid 37 Cadiz `,7 Bilboa 'IN Barcelona '6' Seville 3 O, Gihrlitar . 1" it a t.. - 5 Ur Ili izli MOCK: 3 per (7ent. Consols ....... 9o',i atm Reduced - 3!.: per Cent. Stock 9 8 1,4 atto New, Mo ef‘"4, 3 1 4 per Cent. Debentures 9'% Thnk Stock 21 9 ,,,, Royal Caual Stock :l6 Grand renal Stick kNGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn Genoa 26 Milan 3l Venice. 47 Naples 40% Palermo per oz. 122 Lisbon 55% Oporto 5614 Rio Janeiro 37 Bahia .. 26 Buenos Ayres ' Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l Xi PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 4 17 9 New Doubloons . 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver. bars, standard n 4 11% DECEML R3O. IGrand Canal Debs. 6 per cent F6li Ditto, 4 per cent 57 Hibernian Bank City of Dublin Steam Co 111% National Insurance Co City Debentures, 4 per cent 7B Ballast Ottice Debentures, 4 ne- c.-nt NAILS. Arrived. Du-. Arrived. I) ie Nrr,ved. Due. 0 America 0 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos A yrcs... 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Catil.gell^ 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 1 I . )!tblin 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford ..... .. 0 THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. T:IE GREATEST COMBINA7 lON OF ATTRACTIONS EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENING will be performed the New Grand Opera of THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. Count de Romemberg, Mr. Seguin; Marquis de Valmour, Mr. Templeton Montalban, Mr. Giubelei ; Michel, Mr. H. Phillips. Clara, Miss Shirrefl; Marcella, Miss F. Healy. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. Card:nal de Brogny, Mr. Warde; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost of Constance, Mr. Giubelei ; The Bishop cf Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Mr. Vandenhoff. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Fords. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime called WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. ITarlequin, Mr, Ellar ; Clown, 7/r. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Turnout; Ilaramscaran, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss G. Reckie. Stage . Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-0111re is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of Irhom I'rivdtc and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may he obtainci. 13 , ,xes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Cg. ; Second Price, IL—Upper Gallery. I s. ; Second Price. 6d. HAMBURG, DEC. 22, 1833. OTICE is hereby given, That the 67th GREAT _L LOTTERY drawn and nub!ished by authr.rity, and under guarantee of the ITA3 r BURG STATE begins drawing on WEDNESDAY, 13th .TANUA Y, and that te Tickets will cease sellin; at the crigiral price of Eight Pounds on Tuesday, 12th January. To yersons rernittin7, IN., 201., or 301., so early that they reach us before that day, we shall , on exee,wlnflc ore.er, return the ba lance of 2/.,4/., or 61., on or before T uesday, 12th 'January: - - HEINE I,IIIOTHEIIS, Contractors. P. S.—lf any ordont arrivrs after 12th January, the money w . . 11 be i rot - led:eel v ref !IT:led. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. SUN OFFICE, JAN. 2, ISS6. Fro . n this day Advertisements will be rceeiwyl at THE SUN Office up to Two o'Clock, and in sertrd without any rera charge. Tto neraor dinary speed of our Machinery, =hick prints at the rate of One Hundred Sheds per Minute, enables us to delay going to Press much later than other Tapers ; and this extension (2f time will, we trust, be fund occasionallj veQ convenient jrh those who may be delayed in getting A.e. 7 .vertisenicnts ready for the usual time of the Evening Papers going to Press. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Those who tvish to obtain the latcs% Parliamcntai]y News, should give orders, without delay, to their respective Nenn-agents, to insure SECOND EDI TIONS OF THE SUN. A S'cond Edition will be given every Night during Parliament, containing the Debates in both I-louses up to the Hour ()f Post ; and upon all extraordinary occasions, EXPRESS Editions will, as-usual, be .fin -warded all over the Kingdom. The circulation of THE SUN has greatly increased during the last year, upwards of Two HUND!tED THOUSAND Copies having been sold more than during the previous year. The publication of TPA. SUN NEWSrAPER commenced this da': at 20 ?ninnies past Three o'clock. "Sji b , I*, .si4WP • • iy~ w Cfn LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, IS3G. It will be seen by the returns to-day that the elcc, tions of Aldermen and Mayor in the different Municipa towns are proceeding favourably for the Reformers. The Times, of this morning, in an article that lireathes the very dialect of despair, frankly assures the Tories that not a hope is left them, except such as they may derive from a close attendance in Par liament during the Session. He exhorts them, therefore, as they valne their own and the people's in terests, to lose no opportunity of voting against the Government ; and more particularly, to " stand by their Parliamentary leaders, not merely on the first day, or during the first week of the Session, but throughout it, from February to the end of July." If this be all the encouragement that our Contemporary can hold out to his party, times must indeed be bad with that party. Let the minority muster as they ma y, they can do nothing against a majority, which the result of the late Municipal elections will make more compact, more determined—aye, and more nu merous too—than ever. Yet in this poor minority lies the Tories' sole hope. Why, the fool who built his palace on the sands, never built it on a rottener foundati on ! Not a syllable does the Times let fall about the feelings of the country being. entwined with those of the Conservatives :—this, he feels, would be too great an outrage on the common-sense 0 of even his admirers ; he therefore rests his sole hope of ousting the Government on the firmness of a Tory minority. We can look upon our Contemporary's article in no other light than as a virtual begging of the question—as an indirect acknowledgment of defeat —as a proof that he has scarcely faith even in the Chapter of Accidents, but feels at heart that the party, whose interests he has so disastrously esp ouse d , i s, at the moment of his writing, in articulo mortis, and that nothing can save them but a miracle. Meantime, the advice that he has tendered to a Tory minority, The whole of the French journals of Thursday have been received. The Chambers met in a legisla tive capacity on Wednesday, when the Nine Commit tees, or Bureaus, were appointed, and the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries for the ensuing year elected. In the Chamber of Deputies two hundred and seventy-eight members took their seats. The whole number of Deputies is four hundred and fifty- nine. In the Chamber of Peers only seventy-seven members were present, not including thirty-one new Peers created since the last session of the Chambers. The election for the President in the Chamber of De puties ran as follows : Candidates. M. D upin M. Lafitte M. Sauzett M. Martin (Du Nord) ... M. Mau,guin 11. Royer Collard ... Votes. 164 34 34 After the usual scrutiny had been made, M. D uPIN was declared duly elected President, and M. SAUZETT obtained the office of Vice-President. The Chamber then adjourned till Thursday, when the preliminary arrangements were made for commencing the business of the session. In all that has yet taken place, every thing has happened as Ministers intended. There has been no collision ; and from what we have been able to learn on the subject, the Republican party in the Chamber of Deputies is weaker now than it has been at any time since the accession of Louts PHILLIPPE. There is no intelligence of any moment from the North of Spain in these journals. If the current ru mours may be credited, the Carlists have suffered se verely in the North, since the last arrival of MINA in Catalonia. The winter has set in with much severity in the Biscayan provinces, so that the armies arc obliged to confine themselves in a great measure to their quarters. Heavy falls of snow and rain have succeeded each other so rapidly, that, in the course of a few weeks, most of the main roads were so broken up as to be rendered quite impassable. The PRESIDENT'S Message had not been received in Paris on Thursday PARIS, DEC. 30.—After having given the enormous mass of reports which have been circulated, and were inserted by all the journals respecting a pretended plot said to have been de feated yesterday, we must say that only one person was ar rested in the street yesterday, and that he has been released. We will add that M. Bergeron has not been arrested, and that it is very extraordinary, that not one but two deputies, should have come with suet a piece of news to Change without be ing certain of it. DEC. 31.—The Moniteur has nothing to-da y in its official part but one of the ordinanc es a l rea d y pu bli s h e d in the Bul letin des Lois. It is said that M. Basquie: is so weakened by the short ill ness that he has just had that it is impossible for him to resume his functions as President of the Council of Peers in the pro ceedings which will shortly open. Among the projects of law which arc to be presented to the Chambers in this Session, is that for four great iron Railroads, viz., from Paris to the Sea, from Paris to Lille, from Paris to Orleans, and from Paris to .Toulon. It is thought that this project.will be followed by another, the purpose of which will be a modification of the Tariff of Customs, which will reduce he import duties on rails and prices, so that they may be fur nished at a lower price than at present. The Armaments at Cherburgh continue ; great exertions are making to equip the Genereux. At Brest eighteen per manent Companies have jest been formed for the division of crews of ships of the line, with the seamen of the classes of the levy. The recruits of the levy of the class of 1834, who are expected in January, will be added to them. The ffcrmione was to go into the road on the 31st, and on the same day to take on board the whole crew, composed of 121st, 122 d, 123 d, and 124th permanent Companies. —Mes sager, Dec. 31. FRENCH FUNDS.—Psnts, DECEMBER 31. Five per Cents., 108 f. 4 , 3 c. 45c. 25c. 30c. Four per:Cents., 99f. 60c. Three per Cents. SOf. 35c. 30c. 40c. 45c. Bente tie Naples, 971'. 85c. 80e. 65c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%N. Spanish Actives, 49.4 50 49%. Spanish Differes,:2s. Passives, 16 , .i Royal Spanish Loan. 33 W• Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 1334. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents,"sl3i, Dutch Two and a half per Cents , 56f. 6Oc.7fc. Haytian Loan, 4201. EICITANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —e.; money, 23t 52.4 e. three months, paper, 15f. 37 c.; money, —L —Court Authentique. BOURSE THREE O'CLOCK.—The Three per Cents. have again improved to-day ; they opened at 80f. 40e. buyers, and got up to 80f. 60c. The Spanish stocks opened better than they are at present. The Passive was done at 16i, but re ceded to 161. The rise of the 3 per Cents, is owing to the state of the market, it being the end of the month, and the liquidations of options to-day. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 55c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 50c, ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 25 ; Gueb bards, 381; Differes, 18k; New Loan, —; Actives, 49-; Passives, 161 ; Ducats, 67 95 ; Romans, 1011 ; Pcdros, —; Belgians, 1011; Dutch, 56f. 70c. ; Haytians, 4201. .—c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 14 ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 25 ; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, The Orange fraternity, seems to have plucked up heart of gr ace f rom the inspiring missive which came lately from Berlin. Several re-unions have • taken place since its arrival ; and .dinners commemorative of grand historical events are celebrated in the journals almost every day. A double anniversary was kept on the Friday before Christmas, in memory of two achievements—the shutting of the Earl of ANTRIM out of Londonderry in 1699, by the Rev. Mr. WALKER, and the expulsion Of DANIEL O'CON NELL OUt of the Royal Exchange in 1834, by the Rev. Mr. M'CREA. It is a day markable with- two white stones ; and the Calvin Lodge, an institution mated and begotten by Mr. M'CItEA himself, had a special and two-fold jollification thereupon. The speeches which are uttered at these meetings are, for very special and no doubt good reasons, presented to the general reader in a much abridged and mitigated form. The only part of their symposims which seems to retain its entirity is'the list of toasts ; from which, however, a shrewd guess may be made of the nature of the sentiments broached between the bouts. At a late feast of one of the principal Lodges, a hint was given to the Presumptive-Heiress to the Crown that she must conform to the views of the Orangemen, if she expects any allegiance from them. Her health was given, with the following qualification :—" The Princess VicToniA-----may she remember the grounds aniLksLmore faithful to Prin. eiple than her uncle The Calvinists, the other day, were less insolent towards her Royal Highness, for they omitted her natne altogether, and embodied all their devotion to the secondary members of the Royal Family in an act of homage to his Imperial Highness the Grand Masttr We subjoin the order of their toasts ; the wordmg of which, though ludicrous, displays the glistening scales of the traitor lurking under the roses : —" Our Gracious SOVEREIGN, the Son of GEORGE the Just."—(The honours.) " The Royal Rose of Europe—Q UEEN A DELA IDE. " —(Cheering.) " The Noblest ,Subject in the British dominions—Our Im perial Grand illaster. - ---( Three-times-three.) The Glorious Memory and other routine Pledges Collowed, and then came a fancy, for which much should be forgiven to the Calvin Lodge : " The CREW on the quarter-deck of the ship Con stitution. CUMBERLAND ! --RODEN ! !--E NNIS KILLEN ! ! NCHEL SEA ! ! ! I"—A. most fit and appropriate designation THE ORANGE CREW ! In vino veritas. Meet it is that so factious a Cabal should be known by a title which may transmit the names of its leaders to posterity. We have also before us an address from The Walker Lodge to Mr. DEANE, the gentleman whom the Lord Lieutnant in Council would not suffer to be Mayor of Cork, because he is the Master of an Orange Lodge. It is a long, canting, sanguinary production, such as might have emanated from an Old Covenanter grafted upon an Irish Methodist. " The Brethren," as these fierce fanatics style themselves, declare that their words are inadequate to express their, ,feelings, but " suffice it to say that we agree in sentiment with all the addresses which have so deseryedly poured in upon you from all quarters, and that were it possible, our voices would be raised louder than any." This ex ceeds the urbanity of Dogberry himself, who, had he twice more tediousness than he possessed, could find it in his heart to bestow it all upon the Duke. But Mr. DEANE better deserves such an offering, for he repays it in kind. -" The Protestant cause," say these inade quate linguists, " is the cause of posterity : let us therefore cement, even with our blood, bulwarks which they will value and maintain. * * * * Having thus performed, however feebly, a public duty, allow. us to pray the God of all Grace to give you wisdom so to walkin this life, that when He cometh you may not be found wanting, but that he may give unto you a crown of life which fadeth not away —that one of those mansions (quere Mansion Houses?) may be ready for your reception, which no one can then dispute your title to, for those mansions are a purchased possession." To all this sickening stuff, disgusting by its mixture with factious hate and malice of the most obvious tru • culence, Mr. DEANE, who is really no fool, replies with much complacency that he " has lived long enou g h not to be surprised at any of the fantastic tricks played by party men when dressed in a little brief authority, ' and takes comfort from the observation which he takes from " the signs of the times—that the performers of those fantastic tricks (such as his exclusion from the unpurchased and of course unpurchaseable mansion of Cork) will have but a brief authority." But the best security those performers can take for prolonging their authority is to go on as they have begun, and refuse to place any trust, or delegate any power, to such party men as Mr. DEANE. They may infer from his un worthiness before his rejection, and the furious and unbridled hostility which he now vows against the principles of the Government, how little reliance is to be placed on any of the tribe, and how implacable i s their enmity to all the plans and designs of a liberal, wise, and just Administration. We have learned with deep regret that four more unfortunate individuals were drowned this morning i n the Canal in St. James's Park, while amusing them selves by skaiting. It is really strange that the dread ful occurrences of Christmas day have not had the effect of preventing persons- from venturing upon the ice, and still stranger that they have not induced the Humane Society forcibly to prevent skating on the Canal and the Serpentine River. It is very absurd to call that humanity which suffers foolish and insane persons to peril their lives without any object, merely that it may employ, itself in resuscitating them. What are the magistracy and police about, that they -do not prevent these suicidal accidents ? They have the power of preventing this cruel sacrifice of human life ; and we call upon them to do their duty as magistrates, and as guardians of the lives and properties of the people. Men have no more right to drown themselves voluntarily than they have to sacrifice their lives by steel or gunpowder ; and when the conse quences are certain, it is criminal to suffer them to peril their existence by skaiting. We cannot withhold blame from the directors of the Humane Society. They are ever at hand when their assistance is not wanted ; they are ready to resuscitate when life is gone for ever ; but they can never be found when preservation, not cure, is principally necessary. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Jaw. I.—Wind E. S.E.--Arrived the Newgrave, Brown, from Madras ; and the Angra, Miller, from Cadiz. Sailed this morning the Hooghly and Lushington, for the River. Sailed for the River the Prince George, Creed, from the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind S.S.E. to E. with rain and snow. FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind variable, light breezes.— Arrived the Alarm, Warren, from Zante. Off port the Man kein, —, from New Yoilt, leaky, &c. ; and the Ocean, Field, from Demerara. Sailed his Majesty's ship Water Witch, ' for the Cape of Good Hope. ' CLYDE Dac. 30.—Arrived the. Arkwright, --, from Savannah. SLIGO, DEC. 30.--Arrived the Mary Read, -, from Cumberland ; and his Majesty's ship, Lady Nepean, Griffiths, from London. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 25th Oct., and Madras to the 9th August, have this day been received it the North and South American Coffee House. The Cape papers of the 24th say,—" We are happy to learn that tranquillity has followed the peace concluded with the Caffre Chiefs and thektribes. The hostile parties, by which the frontier districts were harrassed to the last mo ment of the war, have retired to their own country, and the Caffres are generally returning to their homes, and are re suming their usual occupations. Mucomo and Tyalruce are both at King Williams' Town, and are treated with civility and kindness by our officers. The Fingaes have suffered se verely, and arc now in distress. Their services are offered to the colonists under the contract, in the terms of the 49th Ordi nance. Colonel Hare, with his, . Regimental Staff, and two Companies of the 27th Regimertt, will proceed immediately to Graham's Town. The loss of the sheep by the late severe weather, on the frontier, is .estimgted at 12,000. -The Go vernor has shUt up for a time all the wine and brandy shops in Graham's Town. During the last week, - for five or six days, we had at this end of the Colony a violent gale from the S. E. At Greenpoint several trees were torn up ;by-timroots, and houses unroofed. At Stellenbosch the gale was. most, severe, and considerable injury was sustained. We have not heard that the shipping sustained any damage." Cape of Good Hope Papers of the. 17th October give a melancholy account of the wrecks occasioned by, the late gales in Angola Bay. They add, "of our affairs in the new province we cannot say much with certainty. The settlement of the Jengoes in the neutral territory, it seems, has beau broken up; and the people have dispersed themselves inall directions, and some are said to have returned to their old masters. The Caffres learned with consternation how their chief, Hentza, and his subjects were being thrown by the approach of the British forces. The Jengoes seized the opportunity of making a demonstration in favour of liberty; and with all their masters and cattle committed to their care, to the amount of 22,000 head, the put themselves under the protection of his Majesty's representative. " Numerous reports of disasters have reached us from various quarters. Of the flocks of Messrs. Maynard and Co. 670 sheep perished ; of Wainwright's 600. There is- a long list of many other persons' flocks having also met the same fate. Great numbers of cattle have also died. The great Fish River rose to an unusual height, aucLiblitialDaSiable.l:Qr_ rp.l days." c"; 9 ,1 0 , 11111 firirdleOtAssi”.* THE FUNDS. y . Consols, which left off yesterday at 621 for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, since which they have been done at 924 with little doing. Exchequer Bills !.3 15 ; India Bonds 2 3 ; Bank Stock 212 213. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 504, at present 501- ; Portuguese rather heavy, owing to their coming lower from Paris ; Five per Cents. 841 ; Three per Cents. 544 ex. div. The Express from Paris brings liadrid dates of the 24th ult. No news of consequence. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals to the present time, or any spe culations of consequence doing in the British market. Consols May be quoted at 01-1- for the Account during the morning :---Exchequer Bills 14 16 ; India Bonds 34; Bsnk Stock 212} 213 ; India Stock 250} 257 i. vo u lrn it t e he sp l e ' c o u r l e a ig ti ti on— ma i r t k r e e t a , ch S e p d an so3 h -i k ; a t present 50p.„ Active continues the,la- Ppr tugutse 8 ti; Three per Cents.,.s4 : : i t ex. dividend ; Colom bian 323-; Mexican 38} ; Dutch 2i, per Cents:, 54k; Five per Cents.,.ditto; lO2f. THREE OCL 0 CK. a 4. Consols for the Account, 92 ; THE FUNDS.—CI BRITISH USING PRICES. FUNDS. I'ank Stock 3 per Cent llctl 111,!" India Stock 3 per Cent Cons Ditto Bonds .... 4 pm. 3i-, per Cent. - — South Sea Stock 11!, 2 per Cent Red 9934 Ditto Old Annuities New t' per Cent ' 101 Ditto New Annuities I per Cent. Assented Dissented — Ditto 500/ l6 p:,. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 50 , 1 pi I,m. Ja.s. 18 , 1 i I t; et 1850 l6 3-13 1 - ailia Stock for Act. Jun. 1801 .... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — F:ictuguese Bonds , 5 per cent. tieltdan, 5 per cent lOl% , Ditto, New Ditto B3 Brailian Bonds Buctios Ayres. 6 per cant — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent—. Gillian, 6 per cent Colombian, Si per cent. Ditto, 1824 :33!i Ditto, Is3l — 1 / a nish Bonds. — ' French, 5 per cent Gree% Biids, 1tt.15.5 per cent. Exchangtz 3 - ' • Mexican, 5 per cent. - —t. 'N' e Ditto, 6 per cent , 13.25 ....... 3iiil4 ' Dutch, 11, per cent Occur a:o, 1825, 6 per cent. ... 2.5'.% 1 Ditto, 5 per cent......... .....,•-10'2'.3i ACCIDENTS IN THE FOG.—Thursday afternoon, during the dense fog with which many parts of the metro polis were visited, the neighbourhood of Tottenham-court road, particularly that part adjoining the end of Oxford street, was so completely darkened, that for upwards of 20 minutes, not an object was discernible at the distance of two yards. Between three and four o'clock, while the fog was at the thickest, a lady named Hilton, residing in Great Guildford-street, Russell-square, was crossing Tot tenham-court-road, near to the end of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, when she was run against by a cab, the shaft of which struck her on the shoulder, and knocked her down with great violence under the horse's feet, when one of the wheels passed over both her arms and across her breast, causing severe and extensive laceration, and shock ingly fracturing the bone of her left elbow. Mrs. Hilton, after receiving some assistance on the spot, was conveyed to her residence in a hackney coach, and but slight hopes are entertained of her ultimate. recovery. About the same time Mrs. Gresley, of No. 25, Albany-street, Regent's park, was crossing the New-road, near to Trinity Church, when she heard a vehicle approaching her, but could not distinguish in what direction it was coming, and in her anxiety to get out of the way, she ran directly in front of a horse drawing a heavily laden rubbish-cart, which knocked her down, and one of the wheels passed over both her legs. She was conveyed home in a state of intense suffer ing, and her life is considered in the greatest danger. NATIONAL FEsTI vITIEs•--.The revels of merry England are fast subsiding into silence, and her many cus toms wearing gradually away. The affections and frivolities of society, as well as its more grave and solemn pursuits— the exigencies of fashion and the tongue of the pedagogue, are alike arrayed against them, and, one by one, they are retreating from the great assemblies where mankind " most do congregate," to hido themselves in remote solitudes and rural nooks. In fact, that social change which has enlarged and filled the towns at th© expense of the country, which has annihilated the yeomanry of England, and drawn the estated gentleman from the shade of his ancestral oaks, to live upon their produce in the haunts of dissipation—has been, in itself, the circumstance most unfavourable to the existence of many of them which delight in by-ways and shel tered places—which had their appropriate homes in the old manor house or the baronial hall. Yet do they pass lingeringly away. Traces of most of them still exist, and, from time to time, re-appear even in our cities and towns ; and there are, probably, scarcely any which have not found some remote, district or other of the islands, in which their influence is still acknowledged and their rites are duly performed. There is something in the mind of man which attaches him to ancient superstitions, even for the sake of their anti quity, and endears him to old traditions because they are . old. We cannot readily shake off our reverence for that which our fathers have reverenced so long, even where the causes in which that reverence originated are not very obvious, or not very satisfactory. We believe that he who shall aid in preserving the records of these vanishing ob servances, ere it be too late, will do good and acceptable service in his generation.—Hervey's Book of Christmas, ;;?/' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1K36. we may tender, with equal propriety and still more confidence, to a Liberal majority. To this last, then, %;:e say, adopting the language of our Contemporary, " stand by your Parliamentary leaders :"—be 'firm— be united—but above all, be constant in your attend ance throughout the Session. Do not let the despair of the Conservatives lull you into false security. The Devil, we all know, can sham sick, when it suits his purpose, and why should not the Tories ? The session now approaching is the most important of any that has yet take place. It is not the beginning of the end, but the end itself ; so far as Conservative domination is concerned. Hitherto both parties have been fighting n shy of each other, fearing each other's capabilities, and fearful of coming into close conflict ; but now the final struggle is to be undertaken. The great Irish Church question can be staved off no longer. One way or other it must be decided ; and on this decision hang the destinies of the Tories. Let the Reforni in terest then, both Constituents and Representatives, be on the alert throughout the kingdom. Let not an advantage, however trifling it may seem, be thrown away. Let not a single inch of ground be surrendered. Let the contest be hand to hand, and foot to foot. Let the Reformer who doubts be shunned ; the Re former who runs, be branded as an apostate. All must press forward to the van. All so act, as if by each man's individual efforts, the fate of the Tory despots was to be decided. In a word, let all pod Reformers adopt the line of action recommended by our Contemporary this morning to the Tories— namely, to be united—diligent and - uncompro mising. By the way, what does the Times mean by talking in such a disconsolate strain about the " remains of the British Monarchy ?" Remains for sooth I Why, it was but the other-day, that he was boasting, in more than ordinarily swaggering phrase, about the " gigantic energies" of this same Monarchy ; and now he has discovered that its giant power is all gone, and that it has only a few " remains left worth protecting." Who can place faith in the opinions of a Journal which unswears to-day all that it swore yes terday ? Letters and papers from Madrid, to the 23d ult., have been received. The following Royal Ordinance was addressed by the Minister of the Interior to M. RAYNEVAL, the French Ambassador at the Court of Spain : - " Her Majesty the Queen, infqtrned, by his Excellency's letter of the 12th, that the Cabinet of the Tuileries would adopt with pleasure the same reciprocity for the free admission of Journals as that agreed on lately between England and Spain, has consented to extend this to France on the same terms and conditions. (Signed) “ MARTIN DE LOS HEROS.” The project of the law voting an unlimited confi dence in the Mendizabal Government had not been agreed to by the Committee on the 22d. The mein bers, naturally enough, dreaded the establishing of a precedent which future administrations might conver t into an instrument dangerous to the liberties of the nation. For our own part, we do not see that M. MENDIZABAL would be less powerful wanting such a vote than he will be - with it. The weight which his position gives him cannot be augmented in the eyes of Europe. Had he been for many years previously a Member of the Government, a vote of confidence would be tantamount to a declaration, that Spain expected from him a continuance of the system cf policy which fie previously adopted ; and so other nations would thence learn the of conduct which the Adminis tration would be likely tertrAtte different when the vote is asked in favour of a new Government. If given it rather evinces incautiousness on the part of the Chamber ; and at the same time offers no guarantee that any particular line of policy about to be adopted. A 'Minister may make the finest professions in the world ; but it is only when he endea vours to carry them into effect that he descrve's that public confidence which he seeks to inspire by their avowal. corn The arrival of Count ALMADOVAR, Minister of War, in Madrid, was expected an the 24th ult. Ge neral ALAVA was staying at Burgos, where he detaincd by severe indisposition. Nothing is said on the subject of his embassy to Paris. It was expected that the Carlist Monks would not lose the opportunity afforded them by the use of the Confessionals at Christmas, to sow dissensions among the people. MENDIZABAL had not overlooked this source of disaffection, and had taken proper care to preserve the Army from the spiritual influence of thee incendiaries. The levy was on the eve of complc- There is now no want of Constitutional sol diers in Spain. Extracts from the German papers, received this morning, will be found in another column. They are, politically speaking, of no importance. It will be nem by them that the Earl and Countess of DururAM attended a levee held by the Archduchess HELEN - at St. Petersburg on the 13th ult. We trust the Noble Earl is not less mindful of the more important duties of his mission to the Court of the Imperial Autocrat. tion. BRIGHTON.-FRIDAY. -.....-.1•4...V,.. The new year has set in here ‘vith a severe change. During the morning there has been a .considerable fall. of snow and rain; which confined their Majesties to the Palace, and mast of our fashionables within doors. The King gave audience to Colonel Walton, the Com manding Officer of the Coldstream Guards, this morning. Thai; Majesties gave an evening party and juvenile hall to a distinguished and select party of fashionables this evening, including Lady Jane Peel and the Misses Maitland, Dowager Countess of Mulgrave and the Ladies Phipps, Officers of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, Officers of the Coldstream Guards, Countess of Newburgh and the Ladies Eyre, Sir M., Lady, and the Misses Tierney ; Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson, and Mr. R. P. Dawson ; Mar chioness and the Ladies Cornwallis ; Sir R., Lady, and the Misses Otway, and Mr. Otway : Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, and Lord Augustus and Lady Anne Loftus ; Colonel and Lady G. Cathcart, Colonel and Mrs. Walton, Marquis of Bristol, and Lady Georgiana Her vey, Lord William Hervey, Lord and Lady K. Jermyn, Lady G. De Roos, Sir Frederick and Lady H. Bathurst, Mrs. and Miss Caton, Countess of Charlemont and Lady E. Clements, Hon. Edward and Lady K. Steward, Mr. Arthur and Misses Stewart, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Jerningham, Mr. and Mrs. Craven, Col. and Mrs. Wyn yard, Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Hon. General Phipps, Countess of Warwick and the Ladies Greville, Earl and Countess of Beverley and the Ladies Percy, Sir C. and Lady Rowley and Colonel Rowley, Colonel and Mrs. Chat terton,-Lord Lovainc, Dowager Marchioness of Cholmon deley and Miss Bentinck, Marquis of Conyngham, Sir D. and Lady 'Scott, Sir R. and Lady Macfarlane, Mr. Mac farlane, Mr. and Mrs. Cuninghame and the Misses Cuning hame, Col. and Mrs. Grey, Sir J., Lady, and the Misses Whitshed, Captain and Mrs. Pechel, Sir C. Lamb and Lady Montgomery, Earl and Countess of Norbury and the Ladies Toler, Earl of Eglington, Lady Elizabeth and the Misses Talbot, Hon. Mrs. Pelham and the Misses Bouwerr, Lady Henry and Miss Poulett, Captain and the Hon. J. Pelham, R.N.. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Marchioness of Wellesley as Lady in Waiting on the Queen. Madame Caradori is engaged to sing at Mr. Gutteridge's concert, which takes place here in the course of the month. The Queen has consented to patronise the concert, and grant Mr. Gutteridge the services of the band on the bteasion. The. Royal dinner party, by invitation, this eveninff,, will comprise the Earl and Countess of B e v er l e y, Lord LOV4ine,` • -I' Count and Countess Pozzo di Borgo. L L The concert which was put off a short time ago, :owing to the indisposition of the Queen, will take place next Wed nesday, when the talented author of the Siege of Rochelle, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bishop, and several of our local pro fessors, will have the honour of performing in the presence of their Majesties. We understand that our local Madrigal Society are to have the honour, shortly, of singing several favourite madrigals at the Palace, in the presence of the Court. WINDSOR-FRIDAY. The return of the Court to Windsor Castle will be much earlier than was expected, in consequence, we hear, of the Brighton air not agreeing so well as formerly with her Majesty's health. COURT CIRCULAR. 14 The Duke of Cumberland has returned to his residonep near Berlin, for Hanover. Mr. Jones (or Upper Canada) had an interview yes terday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Commis sioner Bosanquet, Mr. Baron Parke, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. The lion.. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Tupper and others v. the Treasurer of the Hospital of St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—This was an appeal from an " Acte" of the Royl Court of the island of Guernsey, dated Feb. 23, 1833, which confirms the levy upon the inhabi tants of the town of St. Peter Port, in the island, of the sum of 2,800/. (part of the sum of 4,800/.) voted at a parish assembly by a large majority of parishioner to the respondent, who is the Treasurer of the hospital, or poor house of the town of St. Peter Port, to defray the expenses for the relief of the poor for the current year. Mr. Wigram,.K.C., was heard for the appellants. Their Lor.aships adjourned soon after five o'clock. &SHIONA]3LE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lilford, in Chesterfield -street, from his seat in Northamptonshire ; Edward Rose Tunno, Esq., in Upper Brook-street, from his scat, Red Rice notise, Andover, l-lints ; Sir John and Lady Gerard, and Miss Dormer, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat, New Ilall, Warrington ; Lord Falkland, at ditto, from Brighto n ; Lord Henry Vane, at ditt o , f ro m a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Murray, in Grosvenor -street, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Waterford, for his seat in Ireland ; Sir S. Sugent, an 4 Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Bucks; the Hon. Miss Hope Johnson, for ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Derring, from their seat, Ayott, Herts, for Brighton ; Mrs. Wellesley, for Brighton; the Rev. Mrs. Lei*gc!, from Raggett's Hotel, .Dover-street, f or Canterbury; Le g 'e, Knox, from ditto, - for Brighton; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bailey, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albermarle-street, for Dover; Lady T. Jones at(' family, for their seat, Stanley Hall, Shropshire ; Charles Mackintosh, Esq., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, for Scotland ; Captain and Mrs. Scott, from the Royal Howl, Jormynistreet, for Bath ; Major - Wilson, from ditto, for Brighton; J. Horrocks, Esq., for Bucklands, Berks. The Countess of Liverpool, relict of the Noble Premier, has taken a residence on the Marine-parade at Dover for the winter months ; her Ladysllip is the second Countess of the late Earl, and sister, we believe, to Sir Robert Chester, of Bush - hall, Herts, gaster,of the Cere monies at Court. The present Duke of Beaufort does not intend to occupy Euston-hall, in Oxfordshire, the favourite residence of the late Duke, where the establishment is broken up, and the domain is to be let. The Noble Duke left Brighton unexpectedly in consequence of the sudden indisposition of the Duchess at Badminton. The Marchioness Wellesley has arrived at Harling ham House, Fulham, which the Marquis has taken for temporary residence, from the Pavilion at Brighton. We are sorry to learn that Lord Brougham is at pre sent labouring under severe indisposition at Brougham Hall Westmorland.—Liverpool Times. Captain Aske, known as the author of « The Spirit of the Book," and other publications, died last week at Bath, at an advanced age. "His whole life," says a provincial Journal, " was one continual series of struggles with misfortune, and he ended his days in utter destitution and want." The Honourable Mr. Under Secretary Fox Strange ways, for Foreign Affairs, has left town on a visit to his mother, the Dowager Countess of Ilchester, at Abbots bury Castle, Dorset. The following statement of the temperature of the weather is from the thermometer at the door-way of Messrs. Swain and Co., tailors, Fleet-street. It is taken during seven days in 18:34-5, and the corresponding seven days in 1835-6, at noon each day : _ _ 1834-5 Dec. 26 45 degs. 27 4l} 29 46 30..., 54i 31 56 Jan. 1 54 2 5O 1835-6 Dec. 26 26 dogs. 28 46fr 29 44 30 4B 31 37. Jan. 1 32 2 25 POETICAL SUBJECTS. A new work has just appeared, by Miss Stickney, entitled, " The Poetry of Life," in which are some beautifully-written chapters on the following subjects :—Tl.d Poetry of Love, of Grief, of Woman, of the Bible, of Religion, Taste, Imagination, Power, Impression, &c. The authoress has flung the most beautiful hues over many of the commonest occur rences of life, and most pleasingly proved that the world and all that therein is, contain many more elements of hap piness than is generally supposed. THE AMERICAN SHIP PENNSYLVANIA. --The line-of-battle ship Pennsylvania, now on the stocks at our Navy-yard, under the shelter of a building that cost 45,600 dollars, is one of the most stupendous fabrics that was ever destined to float on the ocean. Her length on deck is 225 feet, and her breadth 58 feet. She is large enough to carry 2,000 men, which is a larger number than the whole Ame rican army that fought and gained the battle of Chippewa, and greater than the population of a considerable sized country town. She is of the burden of 3,000 tons-, and could, if laden with flour, carry the moderate cargo of 30,000 barrels, enough to supply bread for 15,000 people for a whole year. She is to carry 140 guns, 32-pounders ; so that every time she discharges a full broadside, she will dispose of a ton of bullets, to help to make iron pebbles for the bottom of the ocean, unless she happen to hit the enemy. She will draw 28 feet of water, and thus find it difficult to navigate in shoal rivers. One of her anchors, which is to be seen in the yard, and which is said to be the largest one in the world, weighs 11,6691b5., which is some thxng more than five tons, and will require some merry piping at the capstern to get it apeak. Her water Ranks are of iron, mostly in the shape of large chests, capable of ' holding- 100 to 200 gallons, but having a proportion of them of,other- shapes, adapted to fit round the sides of the sqip, so as to leave no space, as happens in casks,—Philadclphier Gazette. LITERATURE._ THE ANALYST. Simpkin and Marshall. Although the Analyst has parted company with the " Monthlies " for the more imposing fellowship of the "'Quarterlies," we find few articles in it which call for especial observation. Devoted wholly to Science, Natural History; and the Fine Arts, it lacks the ne cessary scope for the exercise of newspaper criticism. Politics, poetry, and tales of the imagination and the passions are entirely excluded (whether accidentally or designedly, we know not,) from its columns. By the Painter, the Sculptor, the Phrenologist; the Natu ralist, and the Chemist, it will however be highly orized—and that most deservedly. We have been much struck with Mr. Langston Parker's lecture on the effects of certain mental and bodily states upon the imagination, which forms the subject of the first article in the present No. of the Analyst. It displays much reading, great natural capacity, and uncommon powers of 'acute dis cernment. " Cursory Observations on certain Incon siderate- Criticisms respecting Painting and Sculpture, by William Carey, Esq., " is not unworthy of the geniuS: of the author of " Varix," a work which we read some six years since, but which we never will forget s o l ong as we live. In fact, it was the only book which zwe remember ever to have read from beginning to end . , without discovering the purport of it. From the hour we . closed Mr. Wm. Carey's " Varim," we set down the author as a man of such profound genius as to . .be quite unintelligibl e to the present race of mankind, and our ideas respecting him have undergone no change. Were he to favour the, world with ,another book, we should' as soon think -of translating a Sanscrit Manuscript one thou sand years old, as we would of laying a hand upon it, much less attempting its perusal. The reports of the proceedings of various literary and scientific societies are very fully 'given. Of such societies the Analyst is the best existing organ. _ TO THET.krAITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I shudder-ed as I .read your report of the inquest on the poor fellows who were drowned in the Serpentine and else Where ; and felt astounded at the - ignorance and incompetence of the servants of the Humane Society, as. shown by their examination before the Coroner. It seems there were ropes coiled upon the bank, which_ could not be thrown over the river : surely a stone, around. which some twine. was wound, might have been thrown. across, to the end of which the rope should have been affixed, - by which it would readily have been -drawn across.. Or a skater might, have carried a rope across higher up in a less dangerous place ; or, what is infinitely better, in di places where ropef used to be laid down upon the ice, to. cause tkree tall poles, with forked tops, to be driven into the bottom ity' the river—one near either side, and one in the. middle. Let the ropes be placed in the forked part of the. poles—thus forming two arches (some inches higher than. the tallest man,) .through which the skater might pass_. When an alarm was given that the ice was broken, by taking hold of each end of the rope, it wou ld eas il y be swung off the forked pait, and brought over the dangerous. site. Other lines so fixed might be speedily brought to the. assistance of the drowning. I am, Sir, yours, J. HALL WRIGHT, Surgeon. Chatteris, Dec. 30, 1835. P.S.--There are many minor improvements that wilt. suggest themselves—such as loops in the ropes, or knots,.. to enable the sinking man to grasp them. Thtr poles should, be painted white. iscount Lowther, one of the leading members an( it managers of the Carlien or Conservative Club,.: has re turned to Paris from his visit to the South of France and the Spanish frontier, and h e i s no t expecte d i n E ng l an d ti9f, ! the close of th e p resen t mon th. Th e bi rt hd a y of ms hc r, thehis ex Earl of Lonsdale, w as cele brated d j" a n n t d hv ee % ' V .l2e e rB s at t bh m k o u r ifa e t l a n don • It is gratifying to learn that the iron works" at Bowling, Bierley, and Low Moor, in the nei:;hbourhOod. of Bradford, are in a state of almost unexamp'ted activity,. An additional blast has lately been erected at Bowling; and at each of the works the supply of workmen is inadequate to the demand.—Halifax Express. COUNTY WATERFORD MEETING TO ADDRESS LORD MULGRAvE.—On Tuesday a meeting of t.ll e Nobi lity, Gentry, and, Freeholders of the county of W aterford, was held in the Court-house, Dungarvan, pursuarrt to a re quisition most numerously signed, and addresse dto the High Sheriff, in order to•takb into CiSlislderation the propri- ety of presenting the Earl of Mulgrave with an .Address congratulating his Excellency upon the present tranqn it state of the county, which the requisitionists attribute to the wise 'and manly policy pursued by his Excellency since he as sumed the government of Ireland. We have only this day space to make a general re . - ference. That reference is merely to show the kimd of reaction we are bent upon accomplishing in Ireland. "We promise our English compatriots, that their friends in ire land will riot be found wanting to the sacred cause. A;nd here we may add that the Reform Association is working wonders.—Dublin Evening Post. THE LACE TRA DE. — Business in the lace trade has been subject to no particular variation from the report of last week. The same description of goods are still called for, and the same prices obtained. As trade throughout the country is in gene'ral very good, there is no reason to fear, but that Nottingham, for one of its staple articles, will share with other manufactures. The favourable result of most of the Corporation elections must tend to give stability if not impulse to mercantile transactions, to manufacture& and to commerce generally both at home and abroad.—Not tinghuni Review. CHARLES KEAN.—This young tragedian has re cently received a flattering compliment. On the occasion of completing an engagement at the Theatre Royal, Dub-, lin, during the course of which his success was most com plete, he was honoured with an invitation from the Lord Lieutenant to the vice-regal dinner. CHILDBEN BURNT. ---Since our last, three inquests have been held before Christopher Swan, Gent., Coroner, all of them on children burnt to death by being left by themselves. —Nottingham Review. RIOT.— On Thursday night, eight men concerned in riotously opposing the working of the New Poor Law Act, at Iken, were lodged in Woodbridge Bridewell, and were to undergo an examination before the Magistrates yesterday.—Suffolk Chronicle. INCENDIARY FIREs.--On Monday morning, the 21st ult. the straw-house on. the farm premises of Mr. William Taylor, at Nettlesworth West House, was disco vered to be on fire, and, we are sorry to say, four horses standing in an adjoining stable , were suffocated by the - smoke, and the straw-house burned. On Thursday morn ing another fire broke out in the stack-yard, which con tained 17 corn-stacks and a hay- s t ac k o f 3 0 tons. Ex presses were sent off for the fire-engines at Lambton Castle and Durham Cathedral, which were speedily conveyed to the spot, but the fire was not subdued till the whole of the stacks and the outside portion of the thrashing -machine were destroyed. We hear that Mr. Taylor is insured to the amount of .500 t., but his losses will exceed that sum.— Tyne Mercury of Tuesday. ACCIDENTS FROM BREAKING OF ICE.--A cor respondent, adverting to the late melancholy accidents on the ice on the Serpentine and in St. James's=park, mentions that late on the same day of the accidents, a man, under whom the ice broke, was saved from drowning by the pre sence of mind of a gentleman on the bank, who threw to him one of the hurdles used for penning in sheep in the park. Owing to its size, the drowning man was enabled to sustain his head above water until the Humane Society's boat reached him, but had he not received that timely aid, it is certain that he must have sunk under the ice. Our correspondent suggests that " some light floats, constructed of cork, or other very buoyant material, should be distri buted, in various directions, on or near the ice, to be ready for use when required. To these floats," he adds, " a rope might be attached, which would enable the bystanders, without loss of time, to pull the struggler, if not quite out of his perilous situation, at least towards the strong parts of the' ice, where he might pos sibly escape.' He also suggests " that since it ap pears that ropes thrown across the ice are soon cut and destroyed by the skaters, the coils of rope which are now kept should be still continued, with the addition of a shot or other roller fixed to an eye at one end," Thesemight, h e thinks, be hurled with ease over the.broken part of the ice, and being caught at the other si d e , wou ld eas ily su pp ort any or' parties in the water un til means r ex t r icating them were procured. He adds'what, perhaps, if it could be adopted— zlnd we do not see why it might not—would render his pre vious sugge s ti ons i ,unnece s sary—nmely, that mean s..should be taken'to Prevent the p u bli c f rom go ing on any- ice '(over deep water), until it wa s a sc ertained to be of such strength to t de any risk,. His o h t e he re r ce s i u v g in ge g, s h ti o z e,o f 4 taasx ".o°nusii!aPteerse,lu_ 'ColleCted at think he would AeL t liffietilt. We think his first sugges tion, a-the in4st ra ii i ii i lb f . is 'decidedly the best, and wor thy of •et attention.-41forning* Paptr. I